Skin texture does mean more realistic. I guarantee that if Adam sculpted the same 2 expressions but put the time into added skin texture to one and not the other, you will find that the one with skin texture looks more realistic. From what I gathered from your post, you were saying how Adams is more realistic b/c it looks like Ledger to you than the DX11. However, looking more like Ledger doesn't mean it's more realistic, it's means it's more accurate.
Also saying that the HT one looks cartoony is like saying it looks like this:
I get that you are expresing you're opinion which I by no means have an issue with. Where my issue lies is with your very last sentence of that post.
The way this is put makes it sound like you're saying that you are right and they are wrong for thinking that the EB sculpt is better. What ppl like and what they think is better is all up for grabs. No one is right and no one is wrong. Which is why I said "who are you to tell them different."
I'm not trying to attack you or anything but that just ground my gears.